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Where To
Find Sleep Apnea Clinics In Your Area

One
of the first places
you should turn to for help is a sleep
apnea clinic if you or your partner
has already been
diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, or if you feel that you're
showing
signs of suffering from this sleeping disorder. Sleeping disorder
clinics are available all around the country, so you should be able to
find one in your area that can provide the support, help, and treatment
options you need to help combat what can sometimes be a debilitating
disorder.

If you are considering making a visit to a sleep clinic, there are a
few things you need to know first. If you have not yet been properly
diagnosed as having obstructive sleep apnea or another sleeping
disorder, then the first thing that the clinic will want to do is have
you undergo a sleep
apnea test, also known as a polysomnogram.

During
a sleep
test, you will be connected
to machines which read your heart rate,
blood oxygen saturation, breathing rate, and brain activity among many
other things. Depending on the clinic you choose, the sleep study may
be done in a specialized
sleep center where you will spend the night with
specialists monitoring your sleeping pattern and vital signs for any
possible sleeping disorder. Some clinics also offer at home sleep tests
which are typically much cheaper and can be done in the comfort of your
own home.

In
a home sleep study, you will be sent home with a few machines to
monitor your vital signs and then return to the clinic the next day so
the sleep specialists can look at the results and make their diagnosis.
Many specialists actually feel that despite the few drawbacks, home
sleep studies sometimes
produce better results because the patient
feels much more comfortable and can sleep more naturally in their own
bed.

After
undergoing a sleep study, the sleep specialist will then
determine whether or not you suffer from sleep apnea or any other
sleeping disorder. At this point they will then discuss the various
treatment options available to you, including the use of a CPAP
machine.

Where
To Find a Sleep Apnea Clinic Near You

As we mentioned earlier,
there are sleep apnea clinics all across the country. The best ones are
those that have been accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine,
and you can try to search for an AASM accredited sleep clinic in your
area here.

Still,
even if you
cannot find an AASM accredited sleep disorder clinic close to you, you
can still most likely find a high quality clinic somewhere nearby. Just
make sure to ask to see
their credentials and do some research on the
clinic before undergoing any treatment.

Still,
the majority of clinics
are still run by trained
sleep specialists who should be able to help
you combat your sleep apnea, so don’t despair if you can’t find
one in your area that has received AASM accreditation.

We
have also
produced a list of some of the best sleep clinics across the United
States, and if you happen to live near one of the clinics listed below,
then you should probably turn to them for help with your sleeping
disorder.

The
Sleep Disorders Center at New
York University is one of the most
well-known and respected sleep disorder clinics in the country. It is
located at Bellevue
Hospital in New York City, and is a great place to
find help for any type of sleeping disorder.

This
clinic is also one of
the world leaders in sleep disorder research and due to this, is one of
the best places to look for sleep apnea help.

Johns
Hopkins is one of the most recognizable hospitals in the
world
and is known for their exceptional level of medical care and treatment.
By making an appointment with the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center,
you can be guaranteed that you will get the correct diagnosis and
treatment for your specific sleeping disorder, no matter what it
happens to be.

You
will be worked on by an interdisciplinary
team of
specialists, all of whom are board certified in
their own specialty.
The majority of their staff is also certified or at least board
eligible for sleep medicine.

This center has also received full
accreditation by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
If you live
anywhere near the Baltimore, Maryland area, then this is the best sleep
apnea clinic you will be able to find, and you should definitely
considering making an appointment with their staff.

For
those who live on the west coast of the United States, the Sleep
Disorder Center at the University
of California San Francisco Medical
Center is your best bet for a high quality, world renowned
sleep
disorder clinic.

This
clinic treats over 2,000
patients a year and has
an incredibly high rate of success, in addition to being AASM
accredited and certified.

If
you need to undergo a sleep study, you can
do so in comfort and style, as the UCSF Sleep Disorder Center has their
Sleep Testing
Laboratory at the Hotel Tomo in the heart of San
Francisco’s famous Japantown. This laboratory has its own dedicated
floor of the hotel, and is the premier
sleep testing laboratory in the
United States, and one of the top in the entire world.

Yale
Medical Group is another leading medical center in the US,
and
their Sleep Medicine Center is definitely top of the line. If you live
anywhere near Connecticut or in the northeast, then this is the clinic
for you. They of course have received the AASM seal of approval in
addition to a multitude of other certifications and credentials. They
are also another one of
the leaders in sleep apnea research and
treatment, and overall come highly recommended.